Friday, January 1, 2010

Real Nutrition For a Healthy Body and Mind

Certain foods were created for our bodies use. These are the foods that grow and exist in nature. This foods has everything that is necessary, in just the right amounts, and in the perfect balance needed for proper digestions, distribution, and elimination of nutrients. It is packed with living vitamins, minerals, water, fiber, and the enzymes needed to digest the food itself. These along with dozens of other elements we know about—and countless numbers of elements only the Creator knows about.


In our family we call these foods "God Foods". And we are able to determine if a food is good for our bodies by determining if it is a God Food or a Man Food.


Some Food by God Examples: Fruits, whole grains, vegetables, proteins like eggs, fish, and chicken, good fats like avocado, almonds, and olive oil and all kinds of nuts and seeds. These can all be made into hundreds, if not thousands, of easy recipes that will make you never miss anything or have cravings.


Food List

Protein
• Cold Water Fish - Salmon, Sardines, Mahi-Mahi, Mackerel etc.
• Eggs
• Raw Cheeses
• Poultry
• Beef
• Lamb
• Whey Protein – Raw Grass Fed (
Perfect Protein, PaleoMeal™ or Whey Cool™)
• Nuts and Seeds
Choose raw (not roasted for nuts and not pasteurized or homogenized for cheese) grass fed, free-range,cage-free, and no hormone added sources whenever possible. Avoid farm raised and Atlantic fish.

Healthy Fats
• Raw nuts & seeds: Almonds, Cashews, Flax, Hemp, Pecans, Pine Nuts, Macadamia, Sesame, Sunflower, Walnuts etc.
• Animal Proteins: Grass Fed Meat, Fish, Eggs
• Coconut Products: milk, oil, butter, fresh, flour or flakes
• Oils (do not heat): Cod Liver oil, Hemp Oil (3 to 1 ratio), Flaxseed Oil
• Oils (acceptable for heat): Olive Oil, Grape Seed Oil, Coconut Oil
• Olives
• Avocado
• Full Fat Dairy: Full Fat Raw Milk, Full Fat Plain Yogurt, Butter, Raw Cheese, Cream, Gee, Kefir

High-Fiber
(Low-Glycemic) Carbohydrate Vegetables
Choose organic when possible.
• Arugula • Asparagus • Bamboo Shoots • Bean Sprouts • Beet Greens • Bell Peppers (red, yellow, green) • Broadbeans • Broccoli • Brussel Sprouts • Cabbage • Cassava • Cauliflower
• Celery • Chayote Fruit • Chicory • Chives • Collard greens • Coriander • Cucumber • Dandelion Greens • Eggplant • Endive • Fennel • Garlic • Ginger Root • Green Beans • Hearts of Palm • Jicama (raw) • Jalapeno Peppers • Kale • Kohlrabi • Lettuce • Mushrooms • Mustard Greens • Onions • Parsley • Radishes • Radicchio • Snap Beans • Snow Peas • Shallots • Spinach • Spaghetti Squash • Summer Squash • Swiss Chard • Tomatoes • Turnip Greens • Watercress

• Berries (blackberries, blueberries, boysenberries, elderberries, gooseberries, loganberries, raspberries, strawberries) • Limes • Lemons • Granny Smith Apples

Moderate Fiber (Moderate-Glycemic) Carbohydrates
Choose organic when possible.
• Squash (acorn, butternut, winter) • Artichokes • Leeks • Lima Beans • Okra • Pumpkin • Sweet Potato or Yam • Turnip • Legumes • Black Beans • Adzuki Beans • Black Beans • Chick Peas (garbanzo) • Cowpeas • French Beans • Great Northern Beans • Kidney Beans • Lentils • Mung Beans • Navy Beans • Pinto Beans • Split Peas • White Beans • Yellow Beans • Barley • Brown Rice • Buckwheat Groats (kasha) • Bulgar (tabouli) • Millet • Rye • Semolina (whole grain-dry) • Steel Cut Oats • Tapioca • Whole Grain Breads • Whole Grain Cooked Cereals • Whole Grains • Ezekiel Bread • Wasa Crackers • Whole Grain Tortillas

• Cherries • Pear • Fresh Apricots • Melons • Orange • Peaches • Plum • Grapefruit • Pitted Prunes • Apples • Avocados • Kiwi fruit • Lemons • Limes • Nectarines • Tangerines • Passion Fruit • Persimmons • Pomegranates

Low- Fiber (High-Glycemic) Carbohydrates
• Corn • Carrots • Potatoes • Root Vegetables • Beets

• Banana • Pineapple • Grapes • Watermelon
• Mango • Papaya • Dates • Honey • Fruit Juice

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